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BENJAMIN JOHNSON (c. 1665-1742)

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 462 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BENJAMIN See also:JOHNSON (c. 1665-1742)  , See also:English actor, was first a See also:scene painter, then acted in the provinces, and appeared in See also:London in 1695 at See also:Drury See also:Lane after See also:Betterton's defection . He was the See also:original See also:Captain See also:Driver in Oronooko (1696), Captain Fireball in See also:Farquhar's See also:Sir Harry Wildair (1701), See also:Sable in See also:Steele's Funeral (1702), &c.; as the First Gravedigger in See also:Hamlet and in several characters in the plays of See also:Ben See also:Jonson he was particularly See also:good . He succeeded, also, to See also:Thomas See also:Doggett's roles .

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